Vehicle body



Jan. 8, 1929.

J. H. PRESS VEHICLE BODY Original Filed Oct. 4. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 8,-1929.

J. H. PRESS VEHICLE BODY 2 Sheets-Sheet Original Filed Oct. 4, 1920 m T N E V W.

Reissued Jan. 8, 1929.

UNITED I STATES JJAo'onI Ir. rnnss, or enrcnoo, ILLInoIs, Assrsn'on T moon rnnss' sons, or CHICAGO,

m ILLINOIS. a, I

VEHICLE BODY.

iv Original no.1,5os ,122,-uated s tembere, 192 i,semi No. 414,57 2 ,-fi1 ed October 4, 1920. Application for g reissue filed September 7,

This invention relates to vehicle bodies and more particularly to such as are adapted for use with heavy duty vehicles, such as automobile trucks.

' 5 The-purpose of my invention is to improve in various ways uponthe structure of ye hicle bodiesrmaking them more sturdy and durable';-and such further objects, advantages and capabilities aswill later more fully -My invention: further i resides in the combination, construction, and arrangement or I partsillustrated in the accompanying draw-" ings, and while I have shown'therein a preferred embodiment, I desire the same to be understood as illustrative only, andnot as limiting my invention. 7 I

I In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention}? Figure-1 is aside elevationof. anautomo bile trucki showing, my invention'as apphed thereto; Q i i Figure 2 is a rear. end elevation of the vei hicle body fSllOWI11in- Figure 1', the endgate y and its supports being omitted;

Figure 3'is a cross-section thereof substantially along the line. 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary longltudinal sec tionalplan, substantially along the plane in- (heated by the line 4-4 of Figure 2,: and

Figureo is a perspective view of one of the stays used at the sides to stay same against lateral pressure on the sides of the body.

Referring morein detail to the drawings,

ter constituting the subject-matter of this resent application. The body B comprises ongitudinal Ibeains 1 adapted to rest upon" the frame of "the truck, or other vehicle V,

transverse I beams 2 resting upon and secured to the longitudinal beams 1, and themselves adapted to support the box of the body. B. This box comprises a bottom, or bed'3,

formed integrally with sidewalls 4: and hav ture is very rigid.

V denotesthe vehicle and B the body, the lat- 'ing a front endgate 5 and a rear endgate 6.

1926. Serial No. 134,091. I I

holding the upperend of the stay members thereto, the I remainin edge making an I acute angle with oneend and anvobtuse angle with v the other, so that the piece of metal is wider at one end than the other. The edge of the sheet metal which is at a right angle to the two ends is bent laterally in a position substantlally prependicular to the. body of the stay, forming a-flange 10. The wide endis also'bent into a position substantially perpendicular to the body portionto form the flange -11, and the other longitudinal edge is bent-along two linessubstantially parallel to form a trough shaped portion orchannel flange12. This forms a very rigid stay member withv a minimumof labor and materials andwhen the narrow end 13 of the'stay is inserted under the flange 7, between wall 4:

and the edge portion8, andthe flange 11 and bottom 3 are secured in position, the strucl The ends of the transverse beams. 2 project laterally beyond the sides of the body B, and are covered by angularplates 14: which extend from the lateral edges of. the bottom 3 outwardly and downwardly, as shown in Figure v An angle iron is bent to form a horizontal portion 16 and vertical arms 15, and when the. structure is placed in position as shown in Figures 3 and 4, and secured to the walls 4 and endgate 5the latter is considerably re inforced andrigidly held in position' Secured to the bottom 8 and the bottom edge of the endgate 5 is an angle iron 17, which assists in strengthening the structure and holding the parts in assembled relation, even under the great strains incident to the use ofsuch a structure. At the rear corners are located laterally and rearwardly openingangle irons 18 adapted tostay the rear cormore of the box and to accommodate the sup porting members for the endgate 6, the structure of which it. is unnecessary to describe.

in the present application, as no claim is made herein to the novelty of this construction.

It is, of course, understood that the specific description of structure set forth above may be departed from without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in this specification and the appended claims. 1 Having now described my invention, I c a1m:

1. In a structure of the character stated,

and bracing posts secured to the cover-plateexternal to the box and'adapted to brace the sides of same against lateral forces, the upper edges of the sheets forming the sides of the box being turned over to form inverted troughs, and the upper ends of the bracing posts fitting snugly within these troughs to assist in furnishing a rigid brace for the sides of the box.

2. A vehicle body, comprising transverse beams, longitudinal beams supporting the transverse beams, a box formed of metal sheets resting on the transverse beams, a cover-plate resting on and extending around the ends of the transverse beams, and staying posts secured to and upstanding from the cover plate to brace the sides of the box, the top edges of the metal sheets forming the sides of the box being bent outwardly and downwardly to closely engage the upper ends of the posts to increase the lateral force resisting power of the box and posts.

3. In a vehicle body, a container having bottom, side and end walls, a supporting frame, upwardly extending stays on said frame, said side walls having integral upper reversed flanges providing recesses between the flanges and the side walls for receiving the upper ends of said stays, said stays being of greater width at the bottom than the top tending outwardly a substantial distance, and then downwardly providing a longitudinal recess therein, a supporting frame, upright metallic stays on said frame and having their upper ends received in said recesses, said stays being wider at the bottom than the top and provided with marginal flanges, to form a rigid. brace for the sides of said container against lateral thrust from the inside.

5. A truck body frame comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending beams, a plurality of transversely extending beams resting upon and secured to the longitudinal beams and adapted to supporta body, a covering for the end portions ofsaid transverse beams, and stays extending upwardly from said covering, the stays havin bottom flanges engaging the covering, said anges being secured to the end portions of said transverse beams above said covering.

6. A truck body frame comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending beams, a plurality of transversely extending beams resting upon and secured to the longitudinal beams and adapted to support 'a body, a covering for the end portions of said trans verse beams, and stays extending upwardly from said covering, the stays having bottom flanges engaging the covering, said flanges being secured to the end portions of said transverse beams above said covering, the stays being relatively wide at the'bottom so as to provide a large bearing area for said bottom flanges.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

- JACOB H. PRESS. 

